ON/OFF Band of Horses Interview

This exclusive Band of Horses interview was conducted by The Future Tense as part of the ON/OFF project.

Details of ON/OFF can be found here and a full list of featured interviews can be found here.

Each artist was asked the same series of questions relating to the live music experience, before being photographed just before and again immediately after performing.

Band: Band of Horses

Interviewee: Bill Reynolds (Bassist 2007-2017)

Venue: Brixton Academy

Date: February 2nd 2011

What is your most memorable live moment as a fan?

Seeing The Flaming Lips on the Pink Yoshimi tour was pretty wild. It was a pretty small club and they had to stop the gig for a while as someone in the audience had a seizure!

What is your most memorable live moment as a performer?

Lollapalooza was one of the most special memories. Something really ignited that night. I’m not sure if it’s a horoscope thing or a moon thing or what but it’s amazing when a crowd gets loose like that.

Have you had any disasters on stage?

My amps rarely make it through a set, but once I remember being handed a bass guitar that was totally in the wrong tune, and I had to pretty much relearn the song on the fly. It worked though!

Do you have any live performance aspirations?

Wembley has always been a dream, and it’s just been put on the schedule.

Any pre/post performance rituals?

Whenever we have a great gig we always think back to what might have contributed and try to repeat it – I think it’s human nature in any situation where you have to perform, like in sport. At the moment, I’m really digging Berocca before a gig. Unfortunately you can’t get it back in the states!

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